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2021-22 Meeting 12: Integration Bee
Who would've thought integration was so fun? Students solved integration problems two at a time on the whiteboard as fast as they could...
Apr 20, 20221 min read


2021-22 Meeting 11: Number Theory Sums
Sums, sums, and more sums! We discussed popular number theory sums such as the Dirichlet Convolution and Mobius Inversion. Afterwards, we...
Mar 30, 20221 min read


2021-22 Meeting 10: Optimal Stopping Theory
Who knew the number e was so cool? We discussed optimal stopping theory by going over the famous secretary problem. We used probability...
Mar 9, 20221 min read


2021-22 Meeting 9: Countdown
Who will be the champion? We held a countdown where we had 8 students participate in solving math problems in a rapid fire style. Our...
Feb 16, 20221 min read


2021-22 Meeting 8: Cyclic Quadrilaterals
What type of quadrilaterals can fit in a circle? We discussed properties of cyclic quadrilaterals and important theorems/concepts to use...
Jan 29, 20221 min read


2021-22 Meeting 7: N-Dimensional Geometry
How big can n become? We discussed construction and visualizations of N-Dimensional objects. Then, we went over the relationship between...
Jan 25, 20221 min read


2021-22 Meeting 6: Packing Problems
How many oranges can you fit into a box? We discussed packing problems, specifically Kepler's conjecture. Then, we went over an AMC 10...
Jan 25, 20221 min read


2021-22 Meeting 5: AMC Review
The long awaited AMC discussion! We discussed a few interesting problems from the recent AMC 10/12s and went over solutions we used in...
Nov 21, 20211 min read


2021-22 Meeting 4: Combinatorics Crash Course
Who knew making combinations were so fun? We discussed some basic theory related to combinations, permutations, and probability. Then we...
Oct 29, 20211 min read


2021-22 Meeting 3: Geometry Crash Course
Who knew there were so many centers of a triangle? We discussed the four centers of a triangle and some fun properties about them. Then,...
Oct 15, 20211 min read


2021-22 Meeting 2: Algebra Crash Course
Who knew complex numbers could be so useful? Since the AMC's are coming up, we plan on covering the four main fields of math (Algebra,...
Sep 29, 20211 min read


2021-22 Meeting 1: Introduction
Thanks to everyone who came to our first meeting! We talked about our club mission, introduced some of our meeting plans for the year,...
Sep 15, 20211 min read


2020-21 Meeting 22: Error Correcting Codes
Who knew codes could correct their own errors. We talked about what error correcting codes are (specifically hamming and cyclic codes)...
May 6, 20211 min read


2020-21 Meeting 21: The 9-Point Circle
The more points the better. We talked about the 9-point circle, Euler's line, and Feuerbach points. We also discussed the solution to the...
Apr 28, 20211 min read


2020-21 Meeting 20: Random Walks
Who knew walking around aimlessly could be so interesting? We talked about simple random walks, then generalized them to multiple...
Apr 21, 20211 min read


2020-21 Meeting 19: Roots of Unity and Cyclotomic Polynomials
Who needs Möbius strips when you can use Möbius functions? We talked about complex numbers, roots of unity, and cool properties of...
Mar 31, 20211 min read


2020-21 Meeting 18: MATHCOUNTS Countdown!
There can only be one champion. We had an epic math showdown with 7 competitors vying for first place. We used the 2008 State Countdown...
Mar 17, 20211 min read


2020-21 Meeting 17: AIME Logistics and Monte Carlo Methods
Turns out gambling can be used to calculate things. We talked about basic logistics for the AIME and then explained some interesting...
Mar 3, 20211 min read


2020-21 Meeting 16: Graph Theory
Let's make some connections. We went over some of the cool properties and algorithms involving graphs, talking about the Seven Bridges of...
Feb 24, 20211 min read


2020-21 Meeting 15: AMC Logistics
Time to hopefully get above a 0/150. We went over the important things students must have ready for the AMC 10/12, went over some...
Feb 3, 20211 min read


2020-21 Meeting 14: Continued Fractions
The only thing better than fractions are continued fractions. We talked about some interesting properties of continued fractions and...
Jan 27, 20211 min read


2020-21 Meeting 13: TMC Challenge Day
Let's see how well you handle fancy logic puzzles, estimation, and math trivia... Three teams participated in our TMC Challenge Day, with...
Jan 20, 20211 min read


2020-21 Meeting 12: Infinity and the Continuum Hypothesis
Who said something couldn't be both true and false at the same time? We talked about infinity, and more specifically infinite...
Jan 13, 20211 min read


2020-21 Meeting 11: Number Theory and Cryptography
Trying to hide something? Number theory got you covered. We talked about equivalence relations and the properties of modular congruences,...
Dec 2, 20201 min read
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